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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (May 4, 1907)
TIIE MORXTXG OREG0XIAX, . SATURDAY, MAT 4, 1907. 3 SECLUDE JURORS FROM TRE PUBLIC Elaborate Precautions Taken for Moyer-Haywood Trials. HOUSE RENTED FOR JURY Will Not Be Allowed to Separate l"n tU Trial Is Ended Provision in Courtroom for News paper Men. BOISE, Idaho, May 3. The jury which will try William Haywood, first of the accused In the Steunenberg case, will keep home during: the trial. The law of Idaho provides that such Juries shall be kept together and In seclusion from public con tact and the higher courts have always Insisted on a strict compliance with the provision. Therefore, rather than take any chances with the publicity of a hotel In this case. Sheriff Shad Hodgln, respon sible for the custody of the Jurors, has hired a house for them. The house, an attractive, well-built structure, standing on a neat lawn and garden. Is Just across the street that flanks the rear of Ada County Court House and within about 300 feet of the courtroom. Special Exit From Court. To make the daily Journeys of the Jury a direct as possible, the Sheriff has con structed a temporary stairway from the rear of the second story of the Court house. Its upper landing Is the platform of a fire-escape and It Is reached through the ante-room of Judge Wood's cham bers. The Jury can, therefore, be taken directly to the stairway without leaving the railed enclosure of the courtroom. An official cook has been retained and arrangements have been made with local stores for a good and varied supply of food. Four bailiffs two. for day duty and two for night service will guard the jury. The house will be carefully and constantly watched. Entry to the open lawn will be prohibited, one of the day bailiffs will remain at home while the Jury Is in court, and the night bailiffs will do no sleeping during their watch. Rearranging Courtroom. The courtroom Is being partly recon structed. In order to Increase the seating capacity both in and outside the rail. Two unusual features of the courtroom are that the jury box occupies the space di rectly In front of the bench that is gen erally tilled by the clerk and his impos ing desk, and the witness chair is in the middle of the chamber, between the ends of counsel tables and directly in front of the middle gate of the rail. The Jury faces the room, but its chairs are on swivels that may be swung around to face the Judge. The witness chair Is on a platform and is visible from all points In the room. : Extra Space for Newspaper Men. 'Many extra chairs and tables are being placed on either side of the room within the enclosure for the use of the daily press representatives and a long desk has been built along the outer side of the rail for the special writers and artists. Spe cial seats are being placed for members of the Boise bar and the seating capacity of the public part of the room Increased to about 3u0. Judge Wood and Sheriff Hodgln are co operating in plans calculated to expedite the work and comfort of all engaged in and on the trial under conditions as rea sonable as circumstance and necessity will permit. WILL REVISE ALL SURVEYS Ba I linger Adopts New Policy to Help Oregon, Settlers. ORBGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, vow 'iiov Balllnger, of the General Land Ofriee, has taken up and will carry out the suggestions made to him by Senator Bourne in regard to facilitating public land surveys in the State of Oregon. The commissioner realizes-that Oregon has been discriminated against in the past, and that its public land affairs have been allowed to get into a most unsatisfactory condition. This is, to a considerable degree, due to the land fraud investigations, which have been in progress for the past two years or more, but now that prosecutions are well under way and the land office records have been thoroughly Investigated, the commission er believes that everything possible should be done to clear up the accumulation of public land matters and dispose of pending contracts and pending applications. A special inspector will be sent to Ore gon to make final Investigation of every survey contract that la under suspension. Some of these date back for ten years; others were suspended more recently. In some instances there has been ample ground for suspending these surveya either because of errors on the part of surveyors, or because of evidence of fraud on the part of settlers on the lands cov ered by such survey. But in other In stances the records fall to show any evi dence of fraud or any evidence of inac curacy In the surveys. In all these cases the commissioner is anxious to accept the surveys, if correct, pay the surveyors, and open the lands to entry. Senator Bourne urged the commissioner to reinvestigate those surveys wheih showed evidence of fraud on previous ex aminations, and, in case the element of fraud be eliminated, urged that these sur veys, as well, be approved, so that the tands might be thrown open. Commission er Balllnger has promised to do this. Why Send Examiner. Up to the present time, a special exam iner of surveys has not been assigned to duty In Oregon, because the work would not justify it, but the commissioner has notified Senator Bourne that if it is found, upon the new examinations, that there Is sufficient work in Oregon to require the entire time of an examiner one will be detailed to duty in that state exclusively, as is the case In Washington. In a recent letter to the commissioner. Senator Bourne suggested that examiners of surveys report their findings to the Surveyor-General in Oregon, Instead of submitting their reports to the General Land Office In Washington. He pointed out that when the reports are sent to Washington they are frequently allowed to He Idle for six months or a year, there by causing needless delay. Commissioner Balllnger has notified Senator Bourne that he will hereafter permit the examiners to Inform the Surveyor-General of the re sult of their Inspection of surveys, and will also inform the contract surveyors whenever errors are found. The final report on all surveys must, of course, be reported to Washington In the end, because no one btt the commissioner has authority to accept such surveys. But. by reporting progress from time to time, to the Surveyor-General, the examiners will save from six months to a year on all sur vey contracts. Inasmuch as the surveyors themselves will thus be enabled to make corrections the same season that the sur veys are made. Under the old custom, "the errors were not reported until the close of the season, and corrections could not be made until a year later.. Not Much Red Tape. Heretofore all applications for sur veys were forwarded to the General Land Office In Washington, and very ' fre quently remained unacted upon for a year or more. Before any survey was au thorised the commissioner required evi dence that the applicants for surveys were bona fide Bettlers, and. In order to ascertain this fact, he would order an In vestigation, the result of which would not be reported to him until the following Winter. At the suggestion of Senator Bourne, this practice is done away with, and the examiner of surveys will re ceive all applications from the hand of the Surveyor-General, and make his field examinations without awaiting in structions from Washington. Under friis system applications will be acted upon within a month or two from the time they are filed, and whenever the Investi gation Is satisfactory, the Surveyor-General will be authorized to recommend to the General Land Office that the survey be made. As no one but the Commissioner can authorize surveys, it will be necessary to refer to Washington before making any contracts. But, If the system is car ried out as proposed, there is no reason why a survey cannot be authorised with in six months of the time the applica tion Is received, and another six months or a year ought to be ample to complete the survey and throw the land open to entry. This will be a great saving in SHOT BY THE CHIEF Wounded Tacoma.Sailor Iden tifies Assailant. CUBAN VERSION OF RIOT Santiago Papers Say Drunken Sail ors Assaulted Police and Resisted With Pistols and Knives Ac? ense Americans of Disorder. HAVANA, May 3. Commander Wood, of the Dixie, received the following wireless message from Commander Tappan, of the Tacoma, regarding the recent conflict between sailors and the police at Santiago: "The investigation of the board of officers of the Tacoma is almost fin Ished. Lee, the sailor most seriously GENERAL A. W. CREELT, NEW COMMANDER OF DEPARTMENT OF THE COLUMBIA. ' 4 &y 3 J 9f? rf T 1 - vv ?4s A if v 7 ! ft If Aaiflflf ifaMWi'rtfltii Mi ;-. jtya Jl OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, May 3. On July 1 Major General Greely, of Arctic fame, will take command of the Department of the Co lumbia, with headquarters at Vancouver Barracks time, for under old practices, it has fre quently taken five years to have a town ship opened, after application for survey was filed. Commissioner Balllnger assured Sena tor Bourne that just as soon as there is work enough in Oregon to call for the entire time of an examiner, an examiner will be stationed In Oregon. It Is quite probable that such an assignment will have to be made soon after reports are received under old surveys, which are now under investigation. It Is under stood that a large number of applica tions for new surveys have recently been filed with the Surveryor-General, and if this be so, they will require, and should receive, prompt attention. Dies When Rent Comes Due. CHICAGO, May 3. A Ave days' no tice to move pinned on the door of an tinkempt room on the .top floor of the Otis building. Madison and La Salle streets, and a note from an artist ask ing him to come to pose for a picture, tell the story of the last days of P. D. C. Stockel, 65 years old, once well-to-do, who was found dead in his room last night by two policemen. Heart disease is said to have been the cause of his death. Stockel has occupied the same room since 1886. 21 years ago. Several times he is said to have posed for statues of the late President Mc Kinley, whose appearance he is said to have resembled. It is said the statue in McKinley Park was modeled in a measure after the old man's appearance. Asks Roosevelt for Pardon. LAPOllE, Ind., May 3. Mrs. John Al lison, of Jrollne. 111., whose husband was convicted of robbing the Richland. Mich., bank and who has appealed to Governor Warner, of Michigan, for his pardon, will also ask clemency at the hands of Presi dent Roosevelt. Allison was convicted of complicity in the Richland robbery and was sentenced to Jackson prison. He made his escape, and, going to Mollne, married a highly re spected young woman and when arrested had been living an honorable life for sev eral years. Expect Clerk to Plead Guilty. NEW YORK, May 3. Assistant Dis trict Attorney Murphy has wound up his investigation into the Trust Com pany of America bond robbery and the case 'will go to the Jury on Monday. The expectation is that William O. Douglas, the former clerk in the loan department, will plead guilty, and that Oliver M. Dennett, his alleged accom plice, will fight the case. There is a possibility that Joseph Quincy. of Boston, Mass., may come to New York and make a statement. Four Ks of the German Empress. Tld-Bits. A short time ago the German Empress was asked by a very rich baroness what things in the world she would like best. "I can tell you very readily." said the Empress. "There are four things I pre fer to all others, and they all begin with 'K.' They are my Kaiser, my kinder, my klrche and my kuche" (my King, my children, my church and my kitchen.) Pays Off American Chief. GUATEMALA CITY. May 3.T-Chief of Police Arlam, an American, has resigned and will return to the United States. The Government paid him his salary for the time between now and the date his con tract expires. Inquiry Into PoliceGraft. KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 3. Following allegations of corruption in the Police De partment here, an investigation having the approval of Governor Polk probably will be started at once. VOTE FOR JOHN P. KAVAN'AUGH far CLtv sttnrnaw injured, is in the hospital ashore. His condition will not permit of moving him, but is more hopeful. The Tacoma's surgeon Is attending him. "The Judge of the Correctional Court and the Prosecuting Attorney took his sworn statement today in the presence of the American Consul and myself and several witnesses. At the same time Lee, under oath, identified the man who Bhot him, and who was brought into his presence. It proved to be Vincent Lay. the Chief of Police, who was in civilian clothing when the shooting oc curred. A Judge of Instruction and the Prosecuting Attorney commenced tak ing the1 testimony of our men today on board the Tacoma." Brutally Assaulted Lay. Santiago newspapers containing ac counts of the encounter last Tuesday by the local police and men of the Tacoma have reached here. They declare unani mously that intoxicated sailors began the disturbance by brutally assaulting Cap tain Lay when he remonstrated with them. The Captarn fired a shot from his revolver in the air to summon assistance. When the police arrived there ensued a pitched battle between them and the sail ors, the latter using their pistols and knives. Referring to the matter, the Illastracion Cubana says: "We wish to call the attention of the provisional government to the frenzy of these occurrences in all provinces; they are invariably started by forces of the intervening government." Intolerable Conduct of Seamen. The Cubana Libre, a Moderate organ, says: - "The intolerable conduct of these sea men has reached a limit. These men, un der the title of 'intervenors.' believe they are authorized to commit abuses almost daily: for example, the occurrence in Santiago, which has alarmed the people of this city and which .places a stigma upon the name of the great Nation in whose service these men are enrolled." The Colonia E&pana, a Conservative newspaper, says: "We believe the hour has arrived for the civil government to protect us against the continued misconduct of the crew of the Tacoma." Saturday is the Last Day of the May Undermtisliri Sale Trouble Purely Individual. WASHINGTON, May S. The difficulty i between the police in Cuba and the men of the cruiser Tacoma on Tuesday . last was brought up by Secretary Taft at the Cabinet meeting today, the Secretary lay ing before the President all information i received from Governor Magoon. ' Governor Magoon reported that In his ' opinion .the trouble was purely individual and not the result of any general ill- J feeling between the Americans and Cu bans. COUNT IN SOMEBODY'S MIND Beautiful Boniance About Man Killed at Willows. SAN FRANCISCO, May S.-The Ex aminer says today: The supposed des perado who was killed at Willows Mon day night after a running fight with a posse of officers, has been identified as Count Otto von Waldstein, of Austria, scion of a noble family of history, nephew to the cardinal and to Prince Wartenburg. one of the richest men in Franz Joseph's empire. The identification was made at Willows yesterday by Miss Mary Fitzgerald, of this city, who knew him well, after the body of the young nobleman had been ex humed from the potter's field. The Iden tification was so complete that there can be no possibility of mistake. Count Otto died fighting, believing he was being attacked by a band of robbers. The posse thought it had run down Frank Smith, the murderer of John Marcowlcb, of Oakland. WILLOWS, Cal., May 3. Nothing is known here of the reported identifica tion as Count Otto von Waldstein of Austria of the sopposed desperado who recently killed himself while about to i be arrested by a posse of officers. j DISPOSES OF BOGUS NOTES Bay City Man Has Several Hundred Thousand Dollars in Bad Money SAN FRANCISCO, May 3. W. F. Greany, a newspaper carrier, was ar rested last night on the charge of sell ing notes which he knew were fraudu lent and would be passed as good cur rency by the purchasers. In Greany's apartments the police found 14 boxes filled with the kind of bills complained of that purported to have a face value of several hundred thousand dollars. The accused man says he secured them In his capacity as a collector, and has disposed of them only to persons whom he believed to be engaged in the same business. Bills of the Planters' Bank of New Jereey, made from. plates which have never been traced by UnKed States Secret Service agents, were among those which were seized last night. GREAT DAM-WALL BREAKS Disaster in Mexico Kills Between 2 5 and 30 Workmen. CHIHUAHUA, Mexico, May 3. One of the great walls of the Chauviscar dam suddenly gave way yesterday, engulfing nearly 40 men under the enormous weight of the masonry and water. Between 25 and 30 of the workmen are dead, 13 in jured and several others unaccounted for. Some of the injured will die. The dis aster is the st of a large number which have recently claimed nearly 200 victims in this state. The authorities are making a thorough Investigation and will severely punish those upon whom they place the blame. The men were working on a foundation close to the foot of the main rampart of the dam, which had already been con structed. The main wall was weak and gave out under the water pressure. CHICAGO RECORDS BROKEN More Snow Has Fallen Than In Any Former May. CHICAGO, May S. All records for snowfalls in Chicago during the month of May were broken today and only once since 1S75 has the temperature fallen so low. Early in the afternoon snow began falling, and by night nine-tenths of an Inch had fallen. During the eveping the temperature dropped to 34. the lowest for 31 years for May, with one exception. Precious Gift for Expected Bate. MADRID, May 3. A silver casket, a beautiful work of art, made from a thou sand doubloons, is the historical present which the provinces of Asturlas will make to the heir to the Spanish throne. It is now ready. Extends Fellow-Servant Law. JEFFERSON CITT, Mo., May, 3. The Senate today passed the bill extending the fellow-servant law to apply to mine-operators. WatcSie lime We not only g-uarantee every article purchased from our establishment, but we also guarantee to SELE CHEAPER ON CREDIT THAN OTHERS DO FOR CASH INSPECTION CORDIALLY INVITED GEVURTZ Comer First and ' Yamhill & SONS Corner Second and . Yamhill Cipfnan, Pole $ go, Good Merchandise Omly Quality Considered Our Prices Are Always the Lawesi la!" ofay Women's Knit Underw'r The prices in this great Saturday Sale are so low, that it will pay every woman to buy her entire supply of Summer Underclothing tomorrow.' Every item represents a splendid value. Ribbed Vests, 17c Lisle Union Suits, $1.38 Women's Swiss Ribbed, Mercer ized Lisle Union Suits, low neck, ,no sleeves, lace or crochet ed;re, lace-trimmed draw- CJ ers; special ....PJ,0 Women's Richelieu Ribbed Vests, plain or trimmed, 17 specially reduced to Women's Vests, 23c Women Ribbed Cotton Vests, low neck, no sleeves, either plain, crochet or lace trimmed, O O ft specially reduced to - Lisle Vests, 47c Women's Swiss Rib'd Lisle Vests, low neck, no sleeves, plain or trimmed; specially re- A.7 r duced to Women's Vests, 73c Women's Swiss Rib'd Extra Fine Mercerized Vests, trimmed with either lace or crochet edge; spe cially reduced 73 C Ribbed Bodies, 35c Women's Swiss Ribbed Bodies, lace edge; specially re- O Ci duced to Mercerized Bodies, 73c Women's Swiss Ribbed Mercer ized bodies, hand crochet 7 On edge; special at Union Suits, 98c Women's Swiss Ribbed Lisle Union Suits, low neck, no sleeve, with crochet edge; special QftC sale price Lisle Union Suits, 63c Women's Swiss Ribbed Lisle Union Suits, low neck, short sleeves, tight knee; special fllf' sale J KJ Saturday Sale of Children's Dresses and Coats Saturday is Children's Day at Liprnan Wolfe's. Besides the special bargains we are offering today, hundreds of new and dainty Summer Garments are on display to day for the first time. Sale of Chambray Dresses for $2.45 Children 's Chambray Dresses, ajfes 6 to 14, in pink and blue shades, sailor style, trimmed with emblems and white braid; also black and white checks, jumper style, prettily trimmed, plaited skirts. CJ O tZ pA--3CS Sale price only. Dainty Presses for $1.95 Children's Dresses, ages 6 to 14 years, with Dutch neck, short sleeves, fancily trimmed Vontrastinp cuffs, edged with guimpe bands. C1 Q t Sale price PA -'-' Children's 24-inch Box Coats of all wool cheviot, in reds and navy; made double-breasted, full loose box back; notch collar and embroid- 4jL OO ered emblem on sleeve tJLJJ Children 's 24-inch Box Coat of fancy checked cloak ing, made double-breasted, with four fancy but tons; full box back; notched velvet collar and coatsleeves with cuffs. . Px Children's Coats in All Ages Sale of Jumper Dresses for $4.90 Misses' Dresses in jumper effects, ages 14 to 18, in dainty blue and green chambray, with short Jap anese sleeves, plaited skirt, sale GJ A Of price only pJV Children's 28-inch Long Coats of fancy gray plaid material, made double-breasted, full loose back, notched velvet collar; two side S5 00 pockets Children's 30-inch Lone; Coats of fine all-wool gray herringbone material, fnade double-breasted, with fancy buttons. Red velvet collar, 6 flft full lose box back. From 3 to 14 Years. All Prices. Special Saturday Sale of Summer Belts Besides these exte special values, the largest assortment of Belts in Portland and many exclusive novelties not obtainable elsewhere beckon you to this department- in charge of Miss Johnson, our famous New York authority on fashions in Leather Goods. $1.00 New Elastic Belts for 63c New Elastic Belts, with jet buckles, some with cut steel beads, $1.00 values, sale fi3C price..., $2-$2.25 White Kid Belts for $1.43 Extra quality White Kid Belts, with large gilt buckles in back; also pearl buckles, some fancy and others in plain designs. Sale CJ1 43 price 4pxJ $1.00 New Kid Belts for 68c New Glove-fitting White and Black Kid Belts, large gilt buckles, very neat and elegant, $1 fZfln value, sale price " 7 75c to $1.00 Silk Belts for 47c ' New Black Silk Belts, tucked, tailor-made, girdle effect, some with buttons, others plain, Afif f 75c to $1 values, sale A THEY HUT WORLD'S END DEVOTEES IS MONTANA PART WITH THEIR PROPERTY.. Would Be Unencumbered When the Final Summons Comes Ex pect Call Soon. GREAT FALLS, Mont. May 8. Be lieving th end of the world wtll come within ten day and that he with a handful of followers wtll be straight way translated to heaven. A, W. Stan ton, a prominent stockman of this city, today disposed of all his property, val ued at several thousand dollars, to the first bidder for 150 and, taking up his residence In a rented house In the most elevated part of the city. Is calm ly awaiting? the end. Stanton's followers, eight In number, disposed of their possessions in a simi lar manner and are with him. Stanton was wealthy, but has dis posed of his belongings In order to be unencumbered ,when . called from the earth. ' "Silent" Smith Left Brother in Chile CHICAGO. May 3. Another heir to the millions left by James Henry 'Silent) Smith has been found in Valparaiso, Chile. Whether there is likely to be a contest of the will from that source has not been developed. The newly found heir Is John Tule Smith, an elder brother of Smith, of whose existence only the relatives, a few close friends and the old neighbors in the village of Milburn, Lake County, 111., were aware. For some reason, possibly an oversight, his name was not included by Evanston relatives in the list of pos sible legal heirs given out 10 days ago, although the relatives have learned of his existence. John Tule Smith Is described as a man who probably would not care to be bur dened with the responsibility of millions. Ho is about 57 years old. Scrofula Is eradicated and aJS kindred diseases are cured by Hood's Satsap&rnia. Made in New; York SOMBREROS and silver spurs are the fashion among cowboys. . The length of a lapel, the width of a collar, the drape of a coat are some of the apparently very small things that determine for the fashionable New Yorker his style standards. Alfred Benjamin & Co. express in their clothes the accepted New York fashions of the moment. Correct .Clothes for Men Exclusive Agent Here. Buffum & Pendleton, Inc. ' 311 Morrison St. ' '